For this celebration, we celebrated a Berry Sweet Baby Boy with a blueberry themed shower!
I LOVE throwing parties and celebrations for those I love! And I've always wanted a place online to help me remember some of my favorite elements from different events, you can check out some of my other showers here.
This party was from last year, a Blueberry themed shower for a baby boy!
INVITATIONS are always my first step in planning a party! We made ours through Canva - a site featuring totally customizable templates many of them for free!! I downloaded a digital copy of the invitation and texted it to our guests, but you can also order a physical copy straight from the site. I also used this template to make an event cover photo for the online Facebook event and to make a “Registry Links Here” image to include her direct registry links in our Facebook group to make shopping incredibly easy for guests!
DECORATIONS are one spot that you can go all out in - but a little goes a long way! For this blueberry themed shower, I:
Decorated the area behind where the Mama-To-Be will open gifts. This will be in nearly all of her photos from the evening, and it’s likely that her friends will want to pose there with her too! Having one highly concentrated decorated place in the party has always served me well. I made a "A Berry Sweet Boy" banner with my printer and laminated it, hung with string + some tissue paper flowers!
Sign in guest book using a board book. For this blueberry shower, we used “Blueberries for Sal” and as each guest arrived, they left a little note. “Welcome, baby! We love you so much already! Love, Aunt Susie.”
Themed table cloths. You can choose printed or a solid color that matches your theme, but if your tables are festive then they act like supporting characters for the rest of your decorations!
Streamers or Crepe Paper & Balloons. These guys are SO versatile!! Perfect for decorating windows, doorways, walls, the list is nearly endless!
Music is a must - it covers up any lulls in conversation during the party and can be a great way to set the mood!
I brought in twigs from outside and made a blueberry streamer using cute dot streamers from Amazon and glued on little green stems to some of them!
Specifically for a Blueberry themed shower, I bought a bag of chocolate covered blueberries from Costco and had little bowls on each table.
A Bannor Toy that matches your theme!
FOOD is vital to every party! It was all hands on deck for this party, and many people contributed yummy goodies! Guests grazed on veggies, apple & cream cheese fruit dip, tortilla turkey wraps, chicken salad & crackers, chips & cheese dip, meatballs and more. When you ask several ladies to bring a dish or two, suddenly you have a full table! The grandma-to-be baked a beautiful cake, and the auntie to be decorated it!
Not everyone loves GAMES at a baby shower, and this was one of those cases! Here's what we did instead:
At each table, there was a paper activity that could be done while visiting. These included "Baby Guesses", "Baby's First ABC Book" coloring pages, "A Note for Mom & Dad" and...
Coloring ABC Blocks! We kept these wooden blocks on each table with non-toxic markers nearby and guests spent a lot of time visiting and coloring! These blocks are perfectly safe for baby and can have a touch from everyone they love! The finished product was really quite beautiful and mama LOVED taking these home instead of playing traditional games.
GIFTS are easy at a baby shower, thanks to Bannor Toys! Add a classic rattle to an item off of Mama’s registry, gift a State Rattle or a set of milestone blocks. Look through their collection of teethers or find a grasping toy in a shape that is meaningful to the family. Whichever Bannor Toy you select, you and mama will both be thrilled! At this shower, baby received so many beautiful gifts including several quilts made with love.
Shower a new mama-to-be with lots of love!
Thanks for reading,
-Kami
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